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Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another

ASTRONOMY
The six-wheeled explorer recently captured several red planet mini-twisters spinning on the rim of Jezero Crater. A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in this short video made of images taken by a...

The Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought, a study finds

PALEONTOLOGY
A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia published Thursday reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered species could slowly recover. Researchers from the Fauna & Flora conservation group...

Astronomers discover an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy

ASTRONOMY
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral galaxy as part of the PANORAMIC...

Massive Antarctic icebergs may calve at random, analysis suggests

OCEANOGRAPHY
Antarctica is losing ice quickly, in part because of climate change. Massive calving events, such as the one that formed the Delaware-sized (5,800 square...

Massive asteroid impacts did not change Earth’s climate in the long term, research finds

ASTRONOMY
Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth's climate, according to...

Earth underwent a massive, rapid melting period after the last global ice age, new study suggests

EARTH
At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy...

The most massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter

ASTRONOMY
Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Electrons are a type of fundamental particle, but protons and neutrons are composite particles...

New planet discovered has a massive ocean and it’s not too far from Earth

EARTH
The scientific community has discovered a new planet. It is located 245 light-years away from Earth and has been named TOI-733b. Its size is...

Discovery of massive undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand’s mysterious slow earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES
Researchers have discovered a sea’s worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that’s now deep in the...

Discovery of massive undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand’s mysterious slow earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES
Researchers have discovered a sea's worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that's now deep in the...

The massive volcano that scientists can’t find

VOLCANOES
It was the biggest eruption for 700 years but scientists still can't find the volcano responsible. It was 10 October 1465 – the day of...

Exactly how massive is the Milky Way?

ASTRONOMY
How do you weigh a galaxy? It's an astronomical challenge, particularly if it's the galaxy you call home. It turns out there are several...

Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: Study

ENVIRONMENT
Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said Wednesday, raising fears that increasing...

Mercury helps to detail Earth’s most massive extinction event

Uncategorized
The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction in Earth's history to date, killing between 80–90% of life on the planet, though...
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